I'd like to join! I just got the final pics from Mark Ashley over at HammerTone Amps of my new "B100 Bass Amp"! I will be receiving it some time next week. It was built on an old Hammond HR40 amp chassis, and uses (4) 6L6G Tung Sol (Russian) power tubes, (1) Hammond 5U4G, and (2) vintage 12AX7 preamp tubes.
Mark said he configured it to a very modest 100 watts in the interest of long-term durability. I don't know much about the more technical specifications, and have no "hardware" pics to show yet, but when it arrives, I'll do a ful "NAD" post.
Mark has named this the "B-100", and I do believe this is his first bass amp build. He primary builds very elegant and clean 18W six-string amps, often using old Hammond organ amp chassis's. I had several old Hammond tone cabinet chassis's, and this is what drew me to HammerTone Amps in the first place.
This was built over a time period of six months, as Mark builds these on weekends (not his "day job"!). Since I was going for a completely "open air" design, I chose to go with the elaborate "Coke Bottle"-shaped power amp valves. After doing much research online, I had seen enough good reviews on the new Tung Sols to give them a try.
Aside from that, I wanted separate bass, mid and treble controls, along with a standby switch and a general volume control. I wanted both high and low input even though I have only one active bass, and several passive ones at this time. Mark also configured this amp to run either 4 ,8 or 16 ohm cabinets.
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I'm very excited about this, as it will be my first all-tube amp. Conservatively rated at 100 watts, I'm sure this amp will get me through most of what I'll ever be needing. I'm still a rookie player (at 60 years of age, no less!), and can't see myself ever playing out in huge venues.
Mark said he configured it to a very modest 100 watts in the interest of long-term durability. I don't know much about the more technical specifications, and have no "hardware" pics to show yet, but when it arrives, I'll do a ful "NAD" post.
Mark has named this the "B-100", and I do believe this is his first bass amp build. He primary builds very elegant and clean 18W six-string amps, often using old Hammond organ amp chassis's. I had several old Hammond tone cabinet chassis's, and this is what drew me to HammerTone Amps in the first place.
This was built over a time period of six months, as Mark builds these on weekends (not his "day job"!). Since I was going for a completely "open air" design, I chose to go with the elaborate "Coke Bottle"-shaped power amp valves. After doing much research online, I had seen enough good reviews on the new Tung Sols to give them a try.
Aside from that, I wanted separate bass, mid and treble controls, along with a standby switch and a general volume control. I wanted both high and low input even though I have only one active bass, and several passive ones at this time. Mark also configured this amp to run either 4 ,8 or 16 ohm cabinets.
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I'm very excited about this, as it will be my first all-tube amp. Conservatively rated at 100 watts, I'm sure this amp will get me through most of what I'll ever be needing. I'm still a rookie player (at 60 years of age, no less!), and can't see myself ever playing out in huge venues.
